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V. 1. On the Life and Writings of Herodotus. Outline of the life of Herodotus ; On the sources from which Herodotus compiled his history ; On the merits and defects of Herodotus as an historian -- The history of Herodotus: the first book, entitled Clio -- Appendix to book 1. On the early chronology and history of Lydia ; On the physical and political geography of Asia Minor ; On the chronology and history of the great Median empire ; On the ten tribes of the Persians ; On the religion of the ancient Persians ; On the early history of Babylonia ; On the chronology and history of the great Assyrian empire ; On the history of the later Babylonians ; On the geography of Mesopotamia and the adjacent countries ; On the religion of the Babylonians and Assyrians ; On the ethnic affinities of the nations of western Asia

V. 2. The history of Herodotus: the second book, entitled Eutherpé -- Appendix to book 2. "The Egyptians before the reign of their King Psammetichus believed themselves to be the most ancient of mankind" ; "The Egyptians were the first to discover the solar year" ; "The Egyptians first brought into use the names of the twelve gods which the Greeks adopted from them" ; "When Moeris was king" ; "They have two quite different kinds of writing, one of which is called sacred, the other common" ; "Gymnastic contests" ; "Geometry first came to be known in Egypt, whence it passed into Greece" ; Historical notice of Egypt -- The history of Herodotus: the third book, entitled Thalia -- Appendix to book 3. On the worship of Venus Urania throughout the east ; On the Magian revolution and the reign of the pseudo-Smerdis ; On the Persian system of administration and government ; On the topology of Babylon

V. 3. The history of Herodotus: the fourth book, entitled Melpomene -- Appendix to book 4. On the Cimmerians of Herodotus and the migration of the Cymric race ; On the ethnography of the European Scyths ; On the geography of Scythia -- The history of Herodotus: the fifth book, entitled Terpsichore -- Appendix to book 5. On the early history of Sparta ; On the early history of the Athenians -- The history of Herodotus: the sixth book, entitled Erato -- Appendix to book 6. On the circumstances of the battle of Marathon ; On the traditions respecting the Pelasgians

V. 4. The history of Herodotus: the seventh book, entitled Polymnia -- Appendix to book 7. On the obscurer tribes contained within the empire of Xerxes ; On the early migrations of the Phoenicians ; On the Alarodians of Herodotus -- The history of Herodotus: the eighth book, entitled Urania -- The history of Herodotus: the ninth book, entitled Calliope

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